''Le Point'' () is a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired on

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from 1983 to 2006. The program, which aired following ''

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'' weeknights, explored the news in depth with interviews and documentary reports."The crew of Le Point is pleased with debut". ''

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'', September 14, 1983. The program was introduced in 1983, one year after the network's English counterpart

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introduced the similar series '' The Journal'' as a complement to its main newscast '' The National''."The Journal en francais set for Radio-Canada". ''

'', May 28, 1983. It premiered on September 12 that year, with hosts

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and Simon Durivage, replacing the network's weekly news series ''Noir sur blanc''. The program also represented an attempt to expand Radio-Canada's coverage of international affairs; prior to the program's introduction, the network maintained news bureaux only in Canada, while relying on television networks from

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and

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for its international coverage. As with ''The Journal'', however, the show struggled to establish itself at first; Bombardier, in particular, faced criticism for being seemingly unable to adapt her intense, probing interviewing style from ''Noir sur blanc'' to the demands of the new program's magazine format. She left the show after the first season, and was succeeded by

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. The following year, Madeleine Poulin joined the show as a third host. Journalist

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directed the program until 1988. Nadeau left the show in 1988 to join

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's news division, and was succeeded by Anne-Marie Dussault. Durivage left in 1992, and was replaced by Jean-François Lepine. Poulin left the program in 1996, with Lepine hosting the program solo thereafter. In 1998, the program was merged with ''Le Téléjournal'' into an extended hour-long program anchored by

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."Radio-Canada casts off news anchor: Quebec journalism icon Bernard Derome replaced in major shakeup of flagship show Le Téléjournal". ''

'', April 22, 1998. The programs' titles were retained, however, with ''Le Téléjournal'' still referring to the program's early news headline segment and ''Le Point'' still referring to the later documentary and interview features. When Bureau was succeeded by Gilles Gougeon in 2003, ''Le Point'' went back to separate hosting, with Dominique Poirier taking over the show until it was discontinued in 2006.

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